ANNE WANNER'S Textiles in History   / contest

 
 

Content of competitions:

2012:

Deadlines 2012:

  • 12 February 2012 5th European Quilt Triennial 2012, www.museum-heidelberg.de,Textilmuseum Max Berk, Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg, Brahmsstr. 8, D-69118 Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen, Germany.
    Die Textilsammlung Max Berk · Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg veranstaltet die fünfte Europäische Quilt-Triennale, die voraussichtlich vom
    9. September 2012 bis 6. Januar 2013 ausgestellt und im Anschluss im Kreismuseum Zons/Deutschland, im Textilmuseum St. Gallen/Schweiz sowie beim angesehenen Festival of Quilts in Birmingham/ England im August 2013 zu sehen sein wird; weitere Ausstellungen im In- und Ausland sind im Gespräch.
  • CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: R. L. SHEP ETHNIC TEXTILE BOOK AWARD
    Deadline March 1, 2012
    The Textile Society of America is pleased to solicit nominations for the R. L. Shep Ethnic Textile Book Award for books published in 2011. Given annually, the award is meant to encourage the study and understanding of ethnic textile traditions by recognizing exceptional scholarship in the field.  The award consists of a cash prize, funded by an endowment established by R. L. Shep in 2000. The Textile Society of America administers the endowment through an independent committee appointed by the Board of Directors. Current TSA Board members are ineligible to apply.
    Nominations are open to English-language books (including bilingual publications in which all essential information appears in English). For the purpose of the award, "ethnic" textiles are defined as the non-industrial textiles of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Native and Latin America, as well as those in identifiable cultural groups in Europe and North America. Books of a variety of formats,including monographs, anthologies, and exhibition catalogs may be nominated.  "Original, scholarlyresearch that is clearly communicated is the principal criteria for the prize-winning book. Author-nominated works are welcome.
    Please note that three copies of each publication will be required for the judgingprocess. Please send the bibliographic citation and the publisher’s and author’s contact details to:
    Kate Irvin, Chair, R. L. Shep Award Committee - Curator, Department of Costume and Textiles;
    RISD Museum. 224 Benefit Street, Providence, RI 02903 -
    kirvin@risd.edu
    For further information, visit -
    http://www.textilesociety.org/awards_shep.htm
    Michele Hardy, External Relations Director, TSA, -
    mhardy@ucalgary.ca
  • Registr. deadline: 31 March 2012 HAND & LOCK EMBROIDERY PRIZE 2012. There
    is a £ 23,- fee non-refundable to enter. – For more information please contact Hand & Lock Embroidery, 86 Margaret Street, London W1W 8TE, UK; Tel: +44-20/75807488;
    http://www.handembroidery.com/prize-conference-2012/enter
   

   
 

Past Competition:

2009 to 2011:

  • Not later than the deadline: 30 November 2011. The postal stamp will be considered proof.
    VALCELLINA AWARD
    INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE/FIBER ART COMPETITION
    2011 eighth edition. MIXING CULTURES A project by LE ARTI TESSILI CENTER FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
    Info Valcellina Award Secretariat
    Ufficio Turistico, c/o Museo dell’arte fabbrile e delle coltellerie Via Maestri del Lavoro, 1 - 33085 Maniago (PN) - Italy
    Tel: +39.0427.709063 / fax +39.0427.707200 All days from 9:30 to 12:30 and from 15:30 to 18.30 Tuesday and Wednesday dalle 9.30 alle 12.30
    info@premiovalcellina.org -   www.premiovalcellina.org  - www.leartitessili.it  - www.comune.maniago.pn.it
  • Competition: «Prix Juste-au-Corps»
    Sie sind JungdesignerIn und Mode und Theater sind Ihre Welt? Bereits zum siebten Mal schreibt das Luzerner Theater mit dem «Prix Juste-au-Corps» den in Europa einmaligen Förderpreis für Kostümdesign aus.
    Junge Talente erhalten die Möglichkeit, das Kostümbild für zwei Figuren für das bekannte Singspiel «Im weissen Rössl» von Ralph Benatzky zu gestalten, Theatererfahrung zu sammeln und ihr Werk einer hochkarätigen, internationalen Jury und der Öffentlichkeit zu präsentieren.
    Als Preis winkt ein Vertrag für ein Kostümbild am Luzerner Theater mit einem Honorar von CHF 10'000 und als Publikumspreis ein Praktikum in der Kostümabteilung eines renommierten Theaters.
    1. November 2011: Einsendeschluss für die Bewerbung (Poststempel) Deadline 1 November 2011
    11. November 2011: Nomination der fünf FinalistInnen durch die Fachjury
    16. Januar 2012: Abgabe der definitiven Figurinen
    Januar bis April 2012: Erstellen der Kostüme durch die FinalistInnen
    Teilnahmeberechtigt sind AbsolventInnen von Mode- und Designschulen und BerufseinsteigerInnen mit einschlägiger Ausbildung.
    Kontakt (ab 2.8.2011): Stephanie Witschi / Tel. +41 (041) 228 14 08 /
  • Entry deadline: 31 October 2011 American Tapestry Biennial 9 Exhibition - The entry to this juried exhibition of the American Tapestry Alliance (ATA) is open to all artists who design and weave their own tapestries, defined as handwoven weft-faced fabric with discontinuous wefts. Artists may submit up to three pieces, one-of-a-kind and completed after January 2008. They should not have been shown previously in any ATA exhibition. - Lee Talbot, Associate Curator of the Eastern Hemisphere Collection of the Textile Museum is the juror of this exhibition.
    Prospectus and Entry Form are available at the website
    www.americantapestryalliance.org
  • Registration deadline: 15 August 2011, Fibermen: juried International Fibre Art Exhibition giving space to male textile artists only. 18 to 29 October 2011 in Kherson/Ukraine. Organised by Ludmila Egorova from „Scythia“. Artists can submit two works. The participation fee is Euro 50,-. The application should contain 1 image (18 x 24 cm, 300 dpi in jpg) of each art work, 1 photo of the artist (10 x 15 cm, 300 dpi/jpg) and a CV. - Ludmila Egorova, P.O. Box 79, UKR-73028 Kherson; tel: +38-067/5538281; anschnei@public.kherson.ua; http://anschnei.public.kherson.ua
  • deadline: 31 July 2011: The Peter Collingwood Trust Prize, Peter Collingwood Trust, Old School, Nayland, UK Colchester, Essex, CO6 4JH - http://www.rugweaver.co.uk
  • Submission deadline: 1 July 2011 7th international biennial of textile miniatures "vanish / survive", at the ARKA Art Gallery in Vilnius. Up to 3 works, not bigger than 20 x 20 x 20 cm can be submitted. 21 September to 8 October 2011. The choice of technique is free. - For more information please contact Ms Zydre Ridulyte, Lithuanian Artists Association/Textile Dept., Art Gallery „Arka“, Aušros vart st. 7, LT-01129 Vilnius; e-mail: arka@ldsajunga.lt; http://www.artistsassociation.lt/get.phh?f.7392 - .
  • Application deadline: 8 July 2011 Quilt competition "Enchevêtrement" ‘Tangle’ in English is the name of this exhibition, travelling in 2011 and 2012 and therefore the work should be easy to pack.
    The „Best of“ awarded piece with Euro 3,000 (in total prizes of Euro 7,000,-) will remain the property of the organiser and will enrich the collection of the European Patchwork Meeting in Alsace, France. All techniques are accepted as long as they match the characteristics of a patchwork/quilt, dimension ± 100 x 100 cm.For more details contact Carrefour Européen du Patchwork, 5 rue Kroeber Imlin, F-68160 Ste.Marie-aux-Mines; Tel: +33/389583310; e-mail:
    info@patchwork-europe.com - http://www.patchworkeurope.com
  • Final deadline for application and payment June 30th 2011. ICOM Costume Committee annual meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade, Studentski Trg 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, 25 to 30 September, 2011
    Tel/Fax: 00 381 11 3281-206 - Mobile: 00 381 62 8066-718
    E-mail:
    icomcostume@etnografskimuzej.rs         mirjana.menkovic@etnografskimuzej.rs - mnemosyne@open.telekom.rs
  • deadline 14 April 2011 Grassimesse, Leipzig, Germany, 28 October to 30 October 2011 http://www.grassimuseum.de
  • deadline for registration 31 May 2011: "Faser-Metamorphosen" Spinntreffen auf Burg Feuerstein, 30 September to 3 October 2011 - Deutsche Handspinngilde invites to katholische Landvolksschule Ebermannstadt, D-91320, Germany - Anna Rose Grieb, Mathildenstr. 41, D-20489, Nürnberg, e-mail: grieb-g@t-online.de - http://www.handspinngilde.org
  • Results of the 7th APOLDA EUROPEAN DESIGN AWARD
    Since 2002 this Competition, with altogether 250.000 Euro prizes is held among selected European Universities with Fashion Design Departments.
    For 2011
    there are 7 Universities from Germany taking part and one each from 10 further countries. The deadline has been at the
    end of January. On April 9, 2011 the results of this competition will be presented in Apolda, a centre of the German knitting industry.
    At this occasion 30 collections will be shown and the prizes will be awarded -
    http://www.apolda-design-award.de
  • “Stitched special constructions”. PREVIEW: INTL. MACHINE LACE AWARD. In the Saxon town of Plauen the 1st International Design Prize of Plauen/Vogtland “stickstich 011” will be organised at the occasion of the annual Lace Festival to be held on 3 June 2011. Schaustickerei; Obstgartenweg 1, D-08529, Plauen; Tel: +49-3741/ 443187; Fax: /384311; beate.schad@stickstich-designpreis.com - http://www.stickstich-designpreis.com - Application deadline: 28 February 2011
  • 5th European Quilt-Trienial 2012, Textilmuseum Max Berk, Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg, Brahmsstrasse 8, D-69118 Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen http://www.museum-heidelberg.de
    deadline: 12 February 2012
  • Deadline 18 January 2011, Small format challenge, Kanzlei Dr. Wolfgang Heinz, Westliche Karl-Friedrich-Strasse 24, D-75-172 Pforzheim, Germany http://www.quiltsundmehr.de/
  • 15 until 26 november 2010 Recognition, analysis and cataloguing of textiles (I - Bobbin lace), Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio, Via Benedetto Fortini 143, I-50125 Firenze, Italia http://www.fondazionelisio.org/ November, 2010
  • Deadline 11 November 2010, Danner Award 2010, Thomas Wimmer-Ring 9, D-80539 München, Germany, http://danner-stiftung.de/start.html
  • TAPESTRY COMPETITION: The institution „Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie et de l’Art Tissé (The international Centre of Tapestry and Woven Art)” in Aubusson is organising a tapestry competition. Detailed conditions of participation are published (in French) on the organisers website: M. Emmanuel Gerard, Directeur de la Cité de la Tapisserie, rue William Dumazet, BP52; F-23200 Aubusson; Tel: +33/555666666; fax /555663292; e-mail: contact@cite-tapisserie.fr - http://www.cite-tapisserie.fr - Application deadline: 27 July 2010
  • April 16, 2010 to August 22, 2010 Fiberart International 2010, this juried exhibition from of contemporary works of fiber art is recognized among fiber artists around the world as a benchmark exhibition that documents trends and innovations in the field. The goal of the exhibition is to include innovative work rooted in traditional fiber materials, structure, processes and history, as well as art that explores unexpected relationshipsbetween fiber and other creative disciplines. http://fiberartinternational.org/ August 21, 2009 Submission deadline
  • new international Textile Biennial: organised by the Rijswijk Museum in Rijswijk near The Hagne/NL: the curators now see a renewed interest in textiles and mixed media. All textile artists wanting to take part, should apply with new and fresh works.
    More information on the website
    www.museumryswyk.nl/htb2009/uk/index.html - Submission deadline: 30 August 2010
  • 24 June until 4 Sept. 2010 Spirit of a Place at the “Galéria X” in Bratislava, Slovakia. organised by the Slovak Textile Association (TXT), The competition is open both for artists and students. The participation fee for the works, chosen by the jury, is Euro 20,- and for students Euro
    10,-. Three prizes are offered: a) for professionals, b) for students and c) Prize of the Slovak
    Textile Artists Association. The application must include photos of the works, a CV and a statement. – Address: Galéria X, Zámonicka 5, SK-81103 Bratislava; e-mail:
    federova.silvia@gmail.com , http://www.txt.sk - Application deadline 30 April 2010
  • ART TO WEAR The German association “Kunstverein Seide e.V.” is organising a competition regarding the creation of a festive garment using silk.
    Applications with a photo of the garment should
    arrive before 1 May 2010 http://www.kunstvereinseide.de

  • Exhibition 2010 and 2011: Afghanistan Inspiration, deadline of contest 1st September 2009, Info: Pascale Goldenberg , e-mail: goldenberg-freiburg@t-online.de

  • April through September 2011 Green: a Color and a Cause, The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA, www.textilemuseum.org - submission deadline: 29 January 2010
    The artworks must include fibers and textile techniques. Maximum of 6 pieces per entry, submitted on CD, slides or DVD are possible. The entry fee is US$ 25.-

  • 6 to 11 February 2010: 10th Quilt Nihon Exhibition, in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Participation in 3 categories: A. Traditional, B. Contemporary, C. Junior & Senior. Application form see: http://www.jhia.org/english/entry/index.html
    e-mail:
    nikonten@tezukuritown.com 1 to 31 July 2009 Application for A and B , 1 to 30 October 2009, for students

  • Valcellina Award, I-33086 Montreale Participation fee Euro 20.-. Address: Le Arti Tessili, Via M. Ciotti1, Valcellina e-mail: November 2009 info@premiovalcellina.org - http://www.premiovalcellina.org/ 30 submission deadline

  • 23 September to 1 November 2009, 6th Korean Cheongju international Craft Biennale. Event from under the motto "Outside the box, in Korea. e-mail: cjcraft@korea.com -
    www.cheongjubiennale.or.kr - http://www.okcj.org application period: 12 June to 22 June 2009

  • Hand & Lock-Prize 2009 for designers. Subject: modern goddess, categories: "Student Prize" and "Open Prize". Info: Natalie M'Bemba, e-mail: natalie@handembroidery.com ; http://www.handembroidery/comp2009 31 March 2009 deadline

  • Design Prize Switzerland is intended to highlight the importance of Swiss design. Support will be provided for new visions, research projects and implementations in keeping with the market, enabling them to achieve breakthrough. http://www.designpreis.ch/en/dp.intro.html 30 April 2009 deadline

  • Crafts prize of Lower Saxony 2009/2010, Handwerksform Hannover, Berliner Allee 17, D-30175 Hannover, Germany, http://www.hwk-hannover.de/23,0,191.html 15 May 2009 deadline

  • Pfaff Art Embroidery Challenge 2009 - "Landscape - Let us travel", Pfaff Art Embroidery Challenge, c/o Jacqueline Govin, 3 rue du Rosey, F-27120 Fontaine-sous-Jouy, 15 May 2009 deadline

  • 26 June to 13 September 2009, in the Hungarian Town of Szombathely - Triennial of Miniature Textiles, themed "Being Present" - http://www.szombathely.hu/levek.pdf

  • 11 to 13 September: 6th International Quilt Competiton: The Colour Red, Stadthalle Osnabrück, Ellen Mowschitz-Finger, Schlosswall 1-9, D-49074 Osnabrück
    e-mail:
    e.moschitz-finger@stadthalle-osnabrueck.de - 6 June 2009 deadline

  • 20 November 2009 until 17 January 2010, Applied Arts. selected works will be shown from at the Grand Hall of Ancient abattoirs of the City of Mons/Belgium. e-mail: anneleclercq@wcc-bf-org - http://www.wcc-bf.org 30 May 2009 deadline

 

 


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